Resolved Security Issues

Here you will find documented security issues addressed in past MyBB releases. Please note that the list may not include details of vulnerabilities in legacy branches. View Security Research to learn more or report security-related problems.

Version Addressed Severity CWE-ID CVSS Score, Description Reported By

1.8.22

30 December 2019

High CWE-94 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Installer RCE on settings file write yelang123 (Stealien)
Medium CWE-94 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Arbitrary upload paths & Local File Inclusion RCE CNCERT
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · XSS via insufficient HTML sanitization of Blog feed & Extend data Devilshakerz (MyBB Team)
Low CWE-601 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Open redirect on login Jyoti Raval (Qualys)
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · SCEditor reflected XSS Cillian Collins, bl4ckh4ck5

1.8.21

10 June 2019

High CWE-94 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Theme import stylesheet name RCE [1] Simon Scannell and Robin Peraglie (RIPS Technologies)
High CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Nested video MyCode persistent XSS [1] Simon Scannell and Robin Peraglie (RIPS Technologies)
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Find Orphaned Attachments reflected XSS Simon Scannell (RIPS Technologies)
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · Post edit reflected XSS adm1nkyj (ENKI)
Medium CWE-89 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · Private Messaging folders SQL injection Alex (DiscoveryGC)
Low CWE-502 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Potential phar deserialization through Upload Path Simon Scannell (RIPS Technologies)

1.8.20

27 February 2019

Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Reset Password reflected XSS
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · ModCP Profile Editor username reflected XSS Jovan Zivanovic (MaTRIS Research Group, SBA Research)
Low CWE-352 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Predictable CSRF token for guest users Devilshakerz (MyBB Team)
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · ACP Stylesheet Properties XSS Cillian Collins
Low CWE-200 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Reset Password username enumeration via email Abdullah Md. Shaleh

1.8.19

11 September 2018

High CWE-89 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Email field SQL Injection StefanT
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Video MyCode Persistent XSS in Visual Editor Numan OZDEMIR (InfinitumIT)
Low CWE-284 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · Insufficient permission check in User CP's attachment management StefanT
Low CWE-345 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · Insufficient email address verification StefanT

1.8.18

22 August 2018

High Image MyCode "alt" attribute persistent XSS Punisher_HF
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · RSS Atom 1.0 item title persistent XSS 0xB9

1.8.16

4 July 2018

High CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Image & URL MyCode Persistent XSS Punisher_HF
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Multipage Reflected XSS Dimaz Arno (Ethic Ninja)
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · ACP logs XSS Cillian Collins
Low CWE-22 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Arbitrary file deletion via ACP's Settings Devilshakerz (MyBB Team)
Low CWE-352 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Login CSRF Cillian Collins
Low CWE-20 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Non-video content embedding via Video MyCode Punisher_HF

1.8.15

15 March 2018

Medium CWE-98 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Tasks Local File Inclusion Riley Baird
Medium CWE-284 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Forum Password Check Bypass Riley Baird
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Admin Permissions Group Title XSS Nathaniel Suchy
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Attachment types file extension XSS Nathaniel Suchy
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · Moderator Tools XSS Nathaniel Suchy
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Security Questions XSS doylecc
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Settings Management XSS Nathaniel Suchy
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Templates Set Name XSS Nathaniel Suchy
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Usergroup Promotions XSS Nathaniel Suchy
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Warning Types XSS Nathaniel Suchy

1.8.14

28 November 2017

High CWE-94 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Language file headers RCE Julian Rittweger
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Language Pack Properties XSS Julian Rittweger

1.8.13

7 November 2017

High CWE-94 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Installer RCE on configuration file write pabstersac
High CWE-94 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Language file headers RCE Julian Rittweger
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Installer XSS pabstersac
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · Mod CP Edit Profile XSS Julian Rittweger
Low CWE-284 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · Insufficient moderator permission check in delayed moderation tools Starpaul20 (MyBB Team)
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · Announcements HTML filter bypass
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Language Pack Properties XSS Julian Rittweger

1.8.12

22 May 2017

Medium CWE-284 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Insufficient permission check in multiquote feature frostschutz
Medium CWE-20 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · CSV macro injection on PM export Rico A. Silvallana
Low CWE-334 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Weak password reset codes & false positives Devilshakerz (MyBB Team)

1.8.11

4 April 2017

High CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · XSS Injection in Email MyCode Zhiyang Zeng (Tencent security platform department)
Medium CWE-918 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · SSRF protection can be bypassed Orange Tsai (DEVCORE), Jasveer Singh (SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab)
Low CWE-22 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Directory Traversal in smilie module Zhiyang Zeng (Tencent security platform department)

1.8.9

21 December 2016

Low CWE-352 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · CSRF issue when removing subscriptions Devilshakerz (MyBB Team)

1.8.8

17 October 2016

Medium CWE-22 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Style import CSS overwrite on Windows servers patryk
Medium CWE-89 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · SQL Injection in the users data handler afinepl
Medium SSRF attack in fetch_remote_file() dawid_golunski
Medium CWE-22 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Possible short name access to ACP backups on Windows servers kevinoclam
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Stored XSS in the ACP patryk
Low CWE-697 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Loose comparison false positives Devilshakerz (MyBB Team)
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Possible XSS injection in ACP users module afinepl

1.8.7

11 March 2016

Medium CWE-89 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · Possible SQL Injection in moderation tool jamslater
Low CWE-284 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Missing permission check in newreply.php StefanT (MyBB Team)
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Possible XSS Injection on login Devilshakerz (MyBB Team)
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Possible XSS Injection in member validation Tim Coen
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · Possible XSS Injection in User CP Tim Coen
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · Possible XSS Injection in Mod CP logs Starpaul20 (MyBB Team)
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · Possible XSS Injection when editing users in Mod CP Tim Coen
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Possible XSS Injection when pruning logs in ACP Devilshakerz (MyBB Team)
Low CWE-200 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Possibility of retrieving database details through templates Tim Coen
Low CWE-200 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Disclosure of ACP path when sending mails from ACP sarisisop
Low CWE-334 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Low adminsid & sid entropy Devilshakerz (MyBB Team)
Low CWE-1021 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Clickjacking in ACP DingjieYang
Low CWE-548 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Missing directory listing protection in upload directories Tim Coen

1.8.6

7 September 2015

Medium CWE-284 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Forum password bypass in xmlhttp.php Devilshakerz (MyBB Team)
Low SQL Injection in Grouppromotions module (ACP) Devilshakerz (MyBB Team)
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Possible XSS Injection in the error handler FooBar123
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Possible XSS issues in old upgrade files FooBar123
Low CWE-200 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Possible Full Path Disclosure in publicly accessible error log files Devilshakerz (MyBB Team)

1.6.18

7 September 2015

Medium Forum password bypass in xmlhttp.php
Low SQL Injection in Grouppromotions module (ACP)
Low Possible XSS Injection in the error handler
Low Possible XSS issues in old upgrade files

1.8.5

27 May 2015

Medium CWE-287 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Reset password code check could be circumvented in member.php solati.sadegh
Medium CWE-345 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · Sender email could be spoofed when sending an email to a user in member.php onlinedevelopers
Medium CWE-284 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Permissions not checked for post search with old sid in search.php pedder55655
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · XSS in quick edit function of xmlhttp.php TiberiusG
Low CWE-352 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · CSRF in ACP mass mail cancellation Destroy666 (MyBB Team)
Low Use of the U+200E Unicode character to create “duplicate” username mahdy2021

1.6.17

27 May 2015

Medium Reset password code check could be circumvented in member.php
Medium Permissions not checked for post search with old sid in search.php
Low CSRF in ACP mass mail cancellation
Low Use of the U+200E Unicode character to create "duplicate" username
Low Multiple XSS vulnerability requiring admin permissions
Low A CSRF vulnerability within ACP login
Low Cache handler using var_export without encoding checks

1.8.4

15 February 2015

Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · A XSS vulnerability in member.php ATofighi (MyBB Team)
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · A XSS vulnerability in MyCode editor Matthias Ungethüm
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · Multiple XSS vulnerability requiring admin permissions adamziaja, Devilshakerz, DingjieYang, sroesemann
Low CWE-352 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · A CSRF vulnerability within ACP login Devilshakerz
Low CWE-200 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · Group join request notifications sent to wrong group leaders Snake_
Low CWE-172 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · Cache handler using var_export without encoding checks chtg
No CWE-200 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · A full path disclosure vulnerability within JSON library Nathan Malcolm

1.8.3

20 November 2014

High CWE-89 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · A SQL injection vulnerability in theme selection StefanT (MyBB Team)
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · A XSS vulnerability in calendar.php -Acid
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · A XSS vulnerability in MyCode editor My-BB.Ir
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · A XSS vulnerability related to post icons Destroy666 (MyBB Team)
Low CWE-502 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · unserialize may call PHP magic methods chtg
Low CWE-473 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · PHP setting request_order can break register globals handling chtg

1.6.16

20 November 2014

Low A XSS vulnerability related to post icons Destroy666 (MyBB Team)
Low A XSS vulnerability in admin/modules/style/templates.php
Low A XSS vulnerability in admin/modules/config/languages.php
Low unserialize may call PHP magic methods chtg
Low PHP setting request_order can break register globals handling chtg

1.8.2

13 November 2014

High CWE-89 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · A SQL injection vulnerability in member.php
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:L · A XSS vulnerability in report.php
Medium CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:N · A XSS vulnerability in inc/class_parser.php
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · A XSS vulnerability in admin/modules/style/templates.php
Low CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/PR:H · A XSS vulnerability in admin/modules/config/languages.php

1.6.15

4 August 2014

Medium A XSS vulnerability in video MyCode

1.6.14

30 June 2014

Medium Possibility of executing PHP code through settings GiantCrocodile
Low A XSS vulnerability in polls.php AntiPaste
Low A XSS vulnerability in portal.php AntiPaste
Low Password protected forums can be viewed from the portal Nathan Malcolm
Low Super moderators have more permissions than expected JordanMussi (MyBB Team)

1.6.13

26 April 2014

Medium Possibility of executing PHP code through stylesheets
Medium Possibility of executing PHP code through language files
Low A XSS vulnerability in search system
Low Potential weak random string generator

1.6.12

30 December 2013

Medium A SQL vulnerability when editing smilies in ACP ChALkeR
Medium A SQL vulnerability when deleting posts with Akismet in ACP ChALkeR
Medium A XSS vulnerability in video MyCode ChALkeR
Low A XSS vulnerability in smilie popup Spenzert